Detroit 8, Cleveland 6
When: 1:08 PM ET, Sunday, April 26, 2015
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
53°
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Joyce, 1B -
Greg Gibson, 2B -
Marvin Hudson, 3B -
Chad Fairchild
Attendance:
30698
By The Sports Xchange
DETROIT -- Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run home run and J.D. Martinez added a two-run double while lefty Kyle Lobstein stymied Cleveland on six hits over seven innings to lead the Detroit Tigers to an 8-6 victory over the Indians on Sunday.
Lobstein (2-1) struggled through five innings in a win over Cleveland earlier this month but worked more from ahead in the count this time, walking two and striking out four, leaving with a 7-3 lead.
Tigers rookie right-hander Angel Nesbitt gave up an RBI single to first baseman Carlos Santana in the eighth, and southpaw Blaine Hardy yielded a sacrifice fly to right fielder Brandon Moss to close the gap to 7-5.
Center fielder Michael Bourn, batting ninth for the first time in his career, drove in the Indians' third run when he grounded into a force play with runners at first and third and one out in the seventh.
Center fielder Rajai Davis hit a one-out single ahead of first baseman Cabrera's third home run of the season, which came off right-handed reliever Scott Atchison in the sixth and put Detroit up 7-2. Right fielder Martinez hit his two-run bases-loaded double off right-hander Carlos Carrasco (2-2) in the fifth.
Cabrera added a sacrifice fly for an 8-5 lead in the eighth, which got bigger when Indians pinch-hitter David Murphy led off the ninth by hitting his second home run of the season, off closer Joakim Soria, who still earned his seventh save.
Cleveland shaved its deficit to a run, 3-2, in the fourth when Moss grounded an RBI single to right with runners on first and second. Designated hitter Ryan Raburn was tagged out in a rundown trying to score from third with one out on a grounder to first.
Detroit took a 3-1 in the third thanks to a beat-the-shift single by designated hitter Victor Martinez.
Cabrera grounded a meek single up the middle, and Martinez, with an open left side stretching from third nearly to second, leaned over for an outside pitch and poked it down the left-field line to send Cabrera to third. He scored when J.D. Martinez grounded into a double play.
Raburn doubled home a run for the Indians in the second, making it 2-1, but was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple.
Davis led off the first with a triple to get a hit in his ninth straight game, and he scored on a single by second baseman Ian Kinsler. Cabrera singled Kinsler to third and Victor Martinez hit a sacrifice fly to get the Tigers off to a 2-0 start.
NOTES: CF Michael Bourn, hitting .180, was dropped from leadoff to the ninth spot in Cleveland's batting order for the game. "This isn't a Rolodex thing; a fantasy league thing," manager Tito Francona said. "You think about this, because they're people." It's the first time Bourn has batted ninth. ... C James McCann got a start over regular C Alex Avila for Detroit, in large part "because he hasn't played since Monday," according to manager Brad Ausmus. ... If RHP Trevor Bauer wasn't able to do some light throwing Sunday for the Indians "you've got to start thinking about a roster move," Francona said of him being able to start as slated Tuesday. ... Tigers closer RHP Joakim Soria has pitched a 1-2-3 ninth in each of his last five games before Sunday. He yielded a hit and a run on Sunday.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cleveland
|
10 |
1 |
14 |
.286 |
16 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Detroit
|
13 |
1 |
19 |
.394 |
18 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
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